Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello is seeking to “Embrace the Climb” with a 10-year strategic plan that has been two years in the making.

A National Invitation to Revisit America's Founding Ideals and Reflect on Their Meaning Today CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Monticello and More Perfect are proud to announce the ...

In the summer of 1774 Jefferson retreated to Monticello and wrote a secret plea meant to avert disputes with the British — a ...

The initiative outlines how Monticello will work toward its goals of creating space for learning, history, and connection.

This is the second in a two-part series of conversations recorded at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello as History As It Happens goes on location, with special guests historian Alan Taylor and Brandon ...

The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, the private nonprofit that owns and operates Monticello, has announced the appointment of Jane Kamensky, PhD, as the new president at Monticello. Kamensky will assume ...

As America marks 250 years since the Declaration, Jefferson’s words have taken on an aura of moral clarity about equality, ...

When British forces under Benedict Arnold sailed up the James River to invade Virginia, Thomas Jefferson, then Governor, ...

Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello was hit by a ransomware attack this week that knocked out the historic home’s electronic systems. The attack was discovered Tuesday, and since then Monticello has not ...

It’s a well-known story. In April of 1775, an American patriot receives intelligence communicated by lantern light and travels on horseback from Charlestown to Lexington, Massachusetts, to warn his ...

Earlier this year, as part of the Mountaintop Project, curators and restoration staff at Monticello began examining letters, invoices, packing lists and account books to restore Jefferson’s private ...